Lesley Phillips and Sharena Thomas founded The People’s Community Medics. Photo Credit: East Bay Express Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Blue Heart: How did People’s Community Medics get started? Lesley: We started in 2011. Sharena and I were part of the Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality and State Repression and we met with a fellow from the Oakland Fire Department, whose role is to go behind the EMTs and make sure that they do their